Portugal was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 with the song "O vento mudou", composed by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, with lyrics by João Magalhães Pereira, and performed by Eduardo Nascimento. The Portuguese participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP), selected its entry at the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967. Nascimento was the first black male singer in the history of Eurovision.[1]
Before Eurovision
Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967
Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) held the Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa 1967 at Tóbis studios in Lisbon, hosted by Isabel Wolmar and Henrique Mendes. For the first time, semi-finals where held, the first on 11 February at 22:25 UTC and the second on 18 February at 22:25 UTC. Each semi-final featured six competing entries from which three advanced to the final from each show. A total of twelve songs took part in the final. Armando Tavares Belo conducted all the songs.[2] The results were determined by a distrital jury, composed by three members, each had 5 votes to be distributed among the songs it intended to award, making a total of 15 votes per district.[3]
On the night of the final Nascimento performed 5th in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 3 points, coming 12th in the field of 17 competing countries.[4] The orchestra during the Portuguese entry was conducted by Armando Tavares Belo.[5]
^Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Vol. One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. pp. 93–101. ISBN978-1-84583-065-6.
